Thursday, April 24, 2008

We need to get rid of the DRMC CEO "Humphreys"

This man has no desire to improve the situation at DRMC. He does not respond as required by VA. law to complaints and takes no action to correct problems. He gets these news releases full of lies and treats Doctors like property, patients as income, and employees as idiots. The radiology department is understaffed and is not capable of reading MRI's properly and he doesn't see this as a problem. Not enough nurses because Lifepoint doesn't want to pay. Another round of firings/layoffs and the worst is yet to come. As long as Jeral Humphreys is at the helm and Jess Judy is over him, the problems will only get worse. Lifepoint is interested in profits and shareholder interests only; the patient is the lowest priority. They have run off some outstanding doctors and now we are only able to recruit substandard doctors to the area (case in point Dr. Hurtado). This town needs a responsible Neurologist, but no good one will come here; after all his reputation can only be as good as the hospital he is affiliated with. Other practices are trying to recruit to no avail. Humphreys must go, we need a local person who cares about the hospital and community to run the show without Jess Judy's interference or it will get worse.